diff --git a/nornir/core/filter.py b/nornir/core/filter.py
index e9d37b7e..5c16c33b 100644
--- a/nornir/core/filter.py
+++ b/nornir/core/filter.py
@@ -68,39 +68,43 @@ def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
         return self.__class__ == other.__class__ and self.filters == other.filters
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _verify_rules(data: Any, rule: List[str], value: Any) -> bool:
-        if len(rule) > 1:
-            try:
-                return F._verify_rules(data.get(rule[0], {}), rule[1:], value)
-            except AttributeError:
-                return False
+    def _verify_rule(data: Any, rule: str, value: Any) -> bool:
+        operator = "__{}__".format(rule)
+        if hasattr(data, operator):
+            return getattr(data, operator)(value) is True
 
-        elif len(rule) == 1:
-            operator = "__{}__".format(rule[0])
-            if hasattr(data, operator):
-                return getattr(data, operator)(value) is True
+        if hasattr(data, rule):
+            if callable(getattr(data, rule)):
+                return bool(getattr(data, rule)(value))
+            return bool(getattr(data, rule) == value)
+
+        if rule == "in":
+            return bool(data in value)
 
-            if hasattr(data, rule[0]):
-                if callable(getattr(data, rule[0])):
-                    return bool(getattr(data, rule[0])(value))
-                return bool(getattr(data, rule[0]) == value)
+        if rule == "any":
+            if isinstance(data, list):
+                return any(x in data for x in value)
+            return any(x == data for x in value)
 
-            if rule == ["in"]:
-                return bool(data in value)
+        if rule == "all":
+            if isinstance(data, list):
+                return all(x in data for x in value)
 
-            if rule == ["any"]:
-                if isinstance(data, list):
-                    return any(x in data for x in value)
-                return any(x == data for x in value)
+            # it doesn't make sense to check a single value meets more than one case
+            return False
 
-            if rule == ["all"]:
-                if isinstance(data, list):
-                    return all(x in data for x in value)
+        return bool(data.get(rule) == value)
 
-                # it doesn't make sense to check a single value meets more than one case
+    @staticmethod
+    def _verify_rules(data: Any, rule: List[str], value: Any) -> bool:
+        if len(rule) > 1:
+            try:
+                return F._verify_rules(data.get(rule[0], {}), rule[1:], value)
+            except AttributeError:
                 return False
 
-            return bool(data.get(rule[0]) == value)
+        elif len(rule) == 1:
+            return F._verify_rule(data, rule[0], value)
 
         else:
             raise Exception("I don't know how I got here:\n{}\n{}\n{}".format(data, rule, value))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c8ae451..6d062557 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ skip-magic-trailing-comma = false
 line-ending = "auto"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.mccabe]
-max-complexity = 12
+max-complexity = 10
 
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.pylint]